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c. PRESS -or HA'MnoNjToN, New .inns EY.

Laim mem No. 69,701, ma 00am 8,1867

IMPROVEMENT Il\l\ STUMPv EXTRAGTOIL dite Segnali mima tu Aim their 'tr'ttas gntent mit mating part nf the sima.

VTo ALL wH'oM Ir MAY coNcERN:

K Bc it known that I, G. W. Pnssnr, of Hammonton, in thecounty of Atlantic, and' State of New Jersey, have invented a new .and improved Devicefor Extracting Stamps, Lifting Stones, 8vo. and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description t-hereofwhich will enable others skilled in the art to make andl use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand to the letters of reference marked thereon. 'i l This invention relates to a new and improved device forV extracting stumps and lifting stones and other heavy bodies. i

' The invention consists in a novel 4.arrangement of parvis-With hand-levers and a lifting-bar, as hcreinafterfully shown and'described, whereby avery simple-powerful, and efficient lifting device is obtained.

i The invention also consists in Varrinqiro'ved -heok er fastening for connectingl the lifting-bar with the article to be raised.t In the accompanying sheet-of drawings-'- Figure -1 is asideviewof my invention, partlyl in section. Figure 2, a plan ortop viewof the same. Figure 3, anenlarged sectional view of one of' the pawls'pertaining to the same. .Similarletters of reference indicate like parts.`

A represents a frame which snpportsxthe working parts of the machine, and which should be made suiii' ciently strong to hold-in a. suspended state'the article to be raised. The frame may be constructed of a horizontal lcap-piece, a, supported at each -end by 'two oblique bars, I b, the lower ends of which are framed into sill-pieces c e. B represents a lifting-bar, which, in this instance, is of cylindrical-form, and perfectly smooth on its extc rior; it may, however, 4beof square or other form, and4 provided with teeth, to form a rackbar. The smooth bar, however, as represented in the drawings,'will probably be used. This lifting-bar passes loosely up through the centre of the cap-piece.a, 'audits lower end is bent outward horizontally, or at right angles with its main part, as shownin grl, and has a hole, di, made through it to' receive a pin, e, which is formed with an eye, f, at its upper end, for` thebar B to pass through.v This pin, when {itted in the hole el, secures the chain C to the lifting-bar, the` links of" the chain being 'prevented from slipping through the eye or space between the .pin and the bar, the link in said'eyeor space. having an upright or vertical position, while those at each side have a yhorizontal or reverse position, and the breadth of the'links being greater than the width of the eye or space,

causes-thel chain to .be firmly secured in position. At the upper-part of the frame A there are two horizontal projections or arms 'D D, andV E E aretwo levers, the fulcrni'n; pins e'of which are in the lower ends of links F F, suspended from the cap-piece a. 'These levers project frein opposite sides of the frame A, and to their inner ends arel connectetL-by links Gr, pawls H, one to each lever. The pawls H arev simply rings, through which the lifting-bar B passes loosely, thelinks G-being'attached' to the outer edgesof the pawls, and each pawl provided with apendent arrn,f. lp'awl, I, similar to I-I II, is suspended by a link, g, from the cap-piece a,- the lifting-bar B also passing looselythrough it. (See iig. By'operating the levers EE the pawls H will of course be moved up and down, sliding loosely down on the lifting-bar, and'grasping it firmly when raised, so

as to draw'the liftingfbar up with them. The grasping or clutching fthe lifting-bar by the pawls is due to the 'attachment of 'tli'e links G to the edges "of the same, the upward pull at one side of the pa-wls causing the latter to biteor ,clutch tirx'nly the lifting-bar. In descending, th'e pawls will not clutch the lifting-bar, as they are'about bala-need, and remain in a horizontal position as they are thus moved. The pawl I is a retaining pawl, and is designed 'tohold up'th'e lifting-bar or prevent it from casually droppingwhen the pawlsI'I descend.l In order to releasothe lifting-bar from the pawls, the-armsf-are pressedinward or'towards the lifting-bar. The

arm of the pawl I is ac tatedin'a similar manner. .The levers E are held upward when necessary or desired,

by placihglinks r'in'the levers `over the arms D D.

Thisniaehine operates rexyeieiently,is-,simple in construction,'and maybe constructed at avery moderate cost.' v v i Having thus described my invention, Iclaiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The pawls HHfeonstructed 'in annular `form, so astoiit loosely onA the lifting-bar B, and providedwith pendent mmsf7 in connection with the lever; E E, all arranged um] applied to operate in tlie mzmncr substantially as mul Fur llic piirposo @0' forth.

l also claim the holiling :nml retaining mwl I, wlmi mail in combination with tlic pn'wls II II :mil tlm levers E E, sulisffiiutially as :mil for tlm purpoqo specified.

l further Claim tlw piu i. tcil mi tlm lifting-liar l). in combination with the lower perforated bent ond of tllc lillngbnr, :lll zirrnngml for tlm` purpose of holding tlm clmin fn lic luwor cnfl 0f' tlic lifting-bnr, Substantially ai slioirii :mil flvwribml.

G. W. PRESSEY Aire-zin'. 

